\Thought\,
imp. & p. p. of {Think}.

\Thought\, n. [OE. [thorn]oght, [thorn]ouht, AS.
[thorn][=o]ht, ge[thorn][=o]ht, fr. [thorn]encean to think;
akin to D. gedachte thought, MHG. d[=a]ht, ged[=a]ht, Icel.
[thorn][=o]ttr, [thorn][=o]tti. See {Think}.]
1. The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of
   its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
         Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in
         any sense to render it true that matter can become
         cogitative.                           --Dr. T.
                                               Dwight.
2. Meditation; serious consideration.
         Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault,
         Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought.
                                               --Roscommon.
3. That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception,
   whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or
   intention.
         Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thought.
                                               --Pope.
         Why do you keep alone, . . . Using those thoughts
         which should indeed have died With them they think
         on?                                   --Shak.
         Thoughts come crowding in so fast upon me, that my
         only difficulty is to choose or to reject. --Dryden.
         All their thoughts are against me for evil. --Ps.
                                               lvi. 5.
4. Solicitude; anxious care; concern.
         Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and
         anguish before his business came to an end. --Bacon.
         Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or
         what ye shall drink.                  --Matt. vi.
                                               25.
5. A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought
   longer; a thought better. [Colloq.]
         If the hair were a thought browner.   --Shak.
Note: Thought, in philosophical usage now somewhat current,
      denotes the capacity for, or the exercise of, the very
      highest intellectual functions, especially those
      usually comprehended under judgment.
            This [faculty], to which I gave the name of the
            ``elaborative faculty,'' -- the faculty of
            relations or comparison, -- constitutes what is
            properly denominated thought.      --Sir W.
                                               Hamilton.
Syn: Idea; conception; imagination; fancy; conceit; notion;
     supposition; reflection; consideration; meditation;
     contemplation; cogitation; deliberation.